nr ↓ | name ↓ | Name Source ↓ |
2375 | Radek | Named by the discoverer in honor of his brother, Ctirad Kohoutek (1929– ), Czech composer, who has b |
5806 | Archieroy | Named in honor of Archibald Edmiston Roy (1924– ), Scottish astrophysicist, teacher and writer. Alth |
6876 | Beppeforti | Named in honor of Giuseppe (Beppe) Forti, astronomer at the Arcetri Observatory in Florence. His enc |
7817 | Zibiturtle | Elizabeth “Zibi” Turtle (b. 1967), a planetary scientist at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Labora |
9180 | Samsagan | The son of Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan, Samuel Democritus Druyan Sagan (b. 1991) is inspired by the be |
9365 | Chinesewilson | Named for Ernest “Chinese” Wilson (1876-1930) a prolific hunter of plants, who introduced more than |
10042 | Budstewart | L. R. (“Bud”) Stewart (1903-1979) was a cofounder of the Columbus Astronomical Society in 1947 and i |
10717 | Dickwalker | Richard L. (“Dick”) Walker (1938-2005) was an astronomer at the U.S. Naval Observatory, first in Was |
11356 | Chuckjones | Charles M. Jones (b. 1912) is an animator and director known to many as the definitive Warner Brothe |
12226 | Caseylisse | Carey M. (“Casey”) Lisse (b. 1961) is an expert on cometary dust and has made significant contributi |
12272 | Geddylee | Geddy Lee (Gary Lee Weinrib, b. 1953) is the bassist, vocalist and keyboardist for the Canadian band |
15116 | Jaytate | Jonathan Tate (b. 1955) is an enthusiastic advocate of the search for hazardous Near-Earth Objects ( |
15296 | Tantetruus | Geertruida (“Truus”) Wijsmuller-Meijer (1896-1978) was a member of the Dutch resistance who rescued |
17032 | Edlu | Edward Tsang Lu (b. 1963) is a physicist specializing in solar physics. As an astronaut, he lived on |
30917 | Moehorgan | Maureen “Moe” A. Horgan (b. 1956), trombonist, conductor and teacher, has inspired generations of mu |
111660 | Jimgray | James (Jim) N. Gray (1944-2007) was an American computer scientist who received the Turing Award in |
121540 | Jamesmarsh | Jimmy Marsh (b. 1969) contributed to the NASA OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission as Proposal |
129881 | Chucksee | Charles See (b. 1956) worked as a calibration and test engineer on the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample R |
134027 | Deanbooher | Daniel “Dean” Booher (b. 1971) was the Quality Assurance Manager for the OCAMS Instrument Suite on t |
164518 | Patoche | Patrice Christophe (b. 1945) oldest brother of the discoverer, is an architect who lives in the sout |
169078 | Chuckshaw | Charles “Chuck” Shaw (b. 1946) was the mission director for NASA's Hubble Space Telescope rescue mis |
173108 | Ingola | Ingeborg Walpurga Gasperi (1915-2002) grew up in Germany and Switzerland. In 1942 she married Mario |
185576 | Covichi | Covadonga Lacruz Camblor (b. 1990) is the daughter of the discoverer. |
218692 | Leesnyder | LeRoy F. Snyder (b. 1928) is an accomplished variable-star researcher, having published numerous pap |
224831 | Neeffisis | Christian Ernst Neeff (1782-1849) was a German physician, co-founder of the Physikalischer Verein in |
257515 | Zapperudi | Rudolf Zappe (b. 1928) has been a member of the Linzer Astronomische Gemeinschaft since 1953. He sp |
270553 | Loureed | Lewis Allan (Lou) Reed (1942-2013) was an American musician, singer and songwriter. After his time |
281820 | Monnaves | Ramon (“Mon”) Naves Jr. is the son of one of the discoverers. |
315577 | Carmenchu | Carmen Castillo Bartolomé (b. 1959) is a Spanish artist, who works at her studio in a forest on Moun |
424200 | Tonicelia | Antonio Celia Miro (b. 1969) is a Spanish software engineer and advanced amateur astronomer. He bui |